Product Information
Mauve tells the story of William Perkin, a man whose father didn't want him to become a chemist, and who chemistry professor didn't want him to wreck his career in pursuit of a colour. By the age of eighteen, however, Perkin had made a discovery that would make him the richest chemist in Britain and would change the world.Product Identifiers
PublisherFaber & Faber
ISBN-139780571209170
eBay Product ID (ePID)95929230
Product Key Features
Book TitleMauve
AuthorSimon Garfield
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicEconomics, Science, History
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height197mm
Item Width125mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSimon Garfield
Topic AreaChemical Engineering
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom